In a crowded Drexel University computer lab, two distinct sounds fill the quiet corners. There is the soft, rain-like tapping of Tammie Lee’s silent mechanical keyboard and the sharp, typewriter-like clatter of Nathan Volpe’s custom clicky switches.

Tammie, a junior in Computer Science, clings to the safety of logic and clean, modular code. Nathan, a junior in Digital Arts, works entirely on feeling, painting warm, textured assets while ignoring C# syntax errors.

Their partnership was not an accident of scheduling. Driven by an overachiever mentality and a quiet, mutual admiration for each other’s work, they chose to build something ambitious together.

As the autumn wind grows colder outside, their collaboration moves from the library to Nathan’s small studio apartment. The space between them shrinks. A shared mug of tea, the low hum of a laptop fan running at capacity, and the lingering scent of rain on asphalt frame their late-night debugging sessions.

My Classmate in Game Dev is a cozy, slice-of-life college romance. It is a sensory-rich, slow-burn story about code, art, and the gentle chemistry of two people who decided to build a world together.

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